Council Rent

[Westside Green]

Anybody able to tell me how much it is to rent a council house in Edinburgh?
I tried searching but it seems to be a secret. Just being curious as I know nobody's getting one.

 

[Doc Shrink]

Anybody able to tell me how much it is to rent a council house in Edinburgh?
I tried searching but it seems to be a secret. Just being curious as I know nobody's getting one.

Depends on size, but you can check HERE

 

[Cavalier]

Depends on size, but you can check HERE

Always aboot size wi you eh?

 

[Westside Green]

Depends on size, but you can check HERE

Thanks. I was doing a rough calculation on 30 years rent compared to buying with discount.

 

[Hattie]

Thanks. I was doing a rough calculation on 30 years rent compared to buying with discount.

Can you still buy council houses?

 

[Westside Green]

Can you still buy council houses?

Don't know but I reckon my parents are about 120 grand better off.


Can You Still Buy a Council House in Scotland?
Put simply, no – council tenants in Scotland cannot purchase their home through Right to Buy or any similar government scheme. If you are currently a council or housing association tenant in Scotland, there is no form or process to buy your home directly from the council.

 

[Hattie]

Don't know but I reckon my parents are about 120 grand better off.


Can You Still Buy a Council House in Scotland?
Put simply, no – council tenants in Scotland cannot purchase their home through Right to Buy or any similar government scheme. If you are currently a council or housing association tenant in Scotland, there is no form or process to buy your home directly from the council.

Me as well..under 3 years on my mortgage left and tripled my money.. sorry i bought it from someone who had bought it from the council, but still

 

[Braehead Cabbage]

Always aboot size wi you eh?

If the nappies,sorry tenna men are too small he'd end up looking like Lord Foukes

 

[hibbybilly]

Don't know but I reckon my parents are about 120 grand better off.

Me as well..under 3 years on my mortgage left and tripled my money.. sorry i bought it from someone who had bought it from the council, but still

Bought mine for 10K in 1987 sold it 3 years later for 42K. 5 hooses later and been mortgage free for 7 years next month

 

[Alex Edwards Shin pad]

Think you can still buy it if you have lived in it before the law changed
Bought mine in Livi for 16 grand sold it 3 yrs later for 50 its going now for about 140 grand

 

[Purple & Green]

Housing bodies welcome end of Right to Buy in Scotland

Housing bodies welcome the formal end of the Right to Buy scheme in Scotland, after more than 35 years.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Purple & Green]

Buying a home with shared ownership or shared equity - Shelter Scotland

With shared ownership a housing association owns part of your home. With shared equity the Scottish Government loans you some of the cost.

scotland.shelter.org.uk

In my experience the number of homes available for shared ownership is virtually 0% of social housing stock but I’d like to see a confirmed number for that

 

[Doc Shrink]

Buying a home with shared ownership or shared equity - Shelter Scotland

With shared ownership a housing association owns part of your home. With shared equity the Scottish Government loans you some of the cost.

scotland.shelter.org.uk

In my experience the number of homes available for shared ownership is virtually 0% of social housing stock but I’d like to see a confirmed number for that

My mate has shared ownership of his place, via a Housing Association. I wouldn't say it was a great deal.

 

[Stanton Warrior]

My mate has shared ownership of his place, via a Housing Association. I wouldn't say it was a great deal.

I had a 50/50 Shared ownership Place for ten years or so. Got to the Stage where I could buy the other half and then rented it out for the First 5 years or so that I was in Switzerland.
Service charge for the communal grounds was only ever going up and up despite nothing actually getting better.
I got in early when they were pretty much all 50/50. some Shockers since then where you only „own“ about 20 or 30 prevent.

That said, I put down 50 quid as a deposit and walked away with 150k 15 years later when i sold it, would never have got that sort of money any other way.